PHILOSOPHER

Aristotle

384 BC - 321 BC

Aristotle

Aristotle (Attic Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης, romanized: Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aristotle has received more than 21,672,914 page views. His biography is available in 215 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 203 in 2019). Aristotle is the most popular philosopher, the most popular biography from Greece and the most popular Greek Philosopher.

Aristotle is most famous for his philosophy on the four causes. He believed that there were four causes for everything, and that they were material, formal, efficient, and final.

Memorability Metrics

22M
Page Views (PV)
94.42
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
215
Languages Editions (L)
20.43
Effective Languages (L*)
4.74
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Aristotle ranks 1 out of 1,267. After him are Plato, Socrates, Gautama Buddha, Pythagoras, Confucius, René Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Avicenna, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Friedrich Nietzsche.

Others Born in 384 BC

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Aristotle
PHILOSOPHER
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 94.42
Rank: 1
Demosthenes
POLITICIAN
384 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 2

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Aristotle ranks 1 out of 1,024. After him are Plato (-427), Socrates (-470), Alexander the Great (-356), Pythagoras (-570), Homer (-800), Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881), Hippocrates (-460), Sophocles (-497), Pericles (-494), Democritus (-460), and Epicurus (-341).

Others born in Greece

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Aristotle
PHILOSOPHER
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 94.42
Rank: 1
Plato
PHILOSOPHER
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 94.10
Rank: 2
Socrates
PHILOSOPHER
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 93.30
Rank: 3
Alexander the Great
MILITARY PERSONNEL
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 92.48
Rank: 4
Pythagoras
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 91.06
Rank: 5
Homer
WRITER
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 89.85
Rank: 6
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1938
HPI: 88.57
Rank: 7
Hippocrates
PHYSICIAN
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 87.19
Rank: 8
Sophocles
WRITER
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 86.01
Rank: 9
Pericles
POLITICIAN
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 84.01
Rank: 10
Democritus
PHILOSOPHER
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 84.00
Rank: 11
Epicurus
PHILOSOPHER
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 83.74
Rank: 12